I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
1 Kings 12:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who dwelt in the cities of Judah. American Standard Version (1901) But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Common English Bible and Rehoboam ruled over only the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version But over all the sons of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them. |
I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
but I will take the kingdom away from his son and give it to you—that is, the ten tribes.
Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
“Say to King Rehoboam of Judah, son of Solomon, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people:
Now Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.